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Tamaulipas

Tamaulipas, officially known as the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in . It is known for its rich cultural heritage and beautiful natural landscapes, including tropical rainforests, beaches, and lagoons.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Ciudad Victoria and Tampico.

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is a city of 305,000 people in Tamaulipas, in the northeast of Mexico at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

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is a city of 315,000 people in Tamaulipas. The city is famous for its architecture as well as for its food.

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, a city of 612,000 people in Tamaulipas, , lies directly across the Rio Grande from US border city , . Despite its reputation, is an industrial hub for Northern Tamaulipas and the Rio Grande Valley: its maquiladora companies directly employ over 110,000 people, ranging from direct labor to specialized engineering.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.

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is a city of about 416,000 people in Tamaulipas, , across the border from the smaller , . The twin cities are collectively referred to as "Los Dos Laredos".

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is a city of 520,000 people in Tamaulipas in . is a major historical site, the site of several battles and events of the Mexican War of Independence, the Mexican Revolution, the Texas Revolution, the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, and the French Intervention as a result of which the city earned its title of "Undefeated, Loyal, and Heroic".

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is a town of around 10,000 people in Tamaulipas in . It is a popular destination for North American senior citizens who come for cheap prescriptions and dental work.

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Tula calls itself the "oldest town in Tamaulipas". Founded in 1617, the town preserves its colonial heritage and visitors enjoy its cobblestone streets, historic churches, and its Huastec folklore. The town is one of Mexico's designated .

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is a small border town on the Rio Bravo in northern Tamaulipas. It has a lot of 18th and 19th century historic buildings and offers outstanding recreational opportunities with its location on the banks of Falcon Lake.

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is a town in Tamaulipas, , on the Gulf coast about halfway between and , just north of the mouth of the Rio Bravo. As the name might suggest, it's well known for its sport fishing, both in the Gulf and on the Rio Bravo, but there's also a long sandy beach about 2 km east of town, stretching north from the lighthouse on Punta Piedra.

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is the southern part of the state of Tamaulipas in northeast . It is a designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Tamaulipas

Latitude of center
23.9892° or 23° 59′ 21″ north
Longitude of center
-98.7027° or 98° 42′ 10″ west
Population
3,530,000
Elevation
126 metres (413 feet)
Abbreviation
“TAM”
Abbreviation
“Tamps”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626616
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3516391
Wiki­data ID
Q80007
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tamaulipas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ولاية تاماوليباس”
  • Arabic: “ولايه تاماوليباس”
  • Aragonese: “Tamaulipas”
  • Armenian: “Տամաուլիպաս”
  • Asturian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Aymara: “Tamaulipas Istadu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tamaulipas”
  • Balinese: “Tamaulipas”
  • Basque: “Tamaulipas”
  • Bavarian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Belarusian: “Тамауліпас”
  • Belarusian: “Тамаўліпас”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Тамауліпас”
  • Bengali: “তামাউলিপাস”
  • Breton: “Tamaulipas”
  • Bulgarian: “Тамаулипас”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Tamaulipas”
  • Catalan: “Tamaulipas”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de Tamaulipas”
  • Chechen: “Тамаулипас”
  • Cheyenne: “Tamaulipas”
  • Chinese: “Tamaulipas Chiu”
  • Chinese: “塔毛利帕斯”
  • Chinese: “塔毛利帕斯州”
  • Cornish: “Tamaulipas”
  • Croatian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Czech: “Tamaulipas”
  • Danish: “Tamaulipas”
  • Dutch: “Tamaulipas”
  • Esperanto: “Tamaulipas”
  • Esperanto: “Tamaŭlipas”
  • Esperanto: “Tamaŭlipaso”
  • Esperanto: “Tamaŭlipo”
  • Estonian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Estonian: “Tamaulipase osariik”
  • Finnish: “Tamaulipas”
  • French: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas”
  • French: “État de Tamaulipas”
  • French: “MX-TAM”
  • French: “Tamaulipas”
  • Galician: “Tamaulipas”
  • Georgian: “ტამაულიპასი”
  • Georgian: “ტამაულიპასის შტატი”
  • German: “MX-TAM”
  • German: “Tamaulipas”
  • Greek: “Ταμαουλίπας”
  • Gujarati: “તામાઉલિપાસ”
  • Hausa: “Jihar Tamaulipas”
  • Hausa: “Tamaulipas”
  • Hebrew: “טמאוליפס”
  • Hindi: “तमौलिपास”
  • Hungarian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Icelandic: “Tamaulipas”
  • Ido: “Tamaulipas”
  • Iloko: “Tamaulipas”
  • Indonesian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Interlingua: “Tamaulipas”
  • Irish: “Tamaulipas”
  • Italian: “Nuevo Santander”
  • Italian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Japanese: “タマウリーパス州”
  • Japanese: “タマウリパス州”
  • Kannada: “ತಮೌಲಿಪಾಸ್”
  • Korean: “타마울리파스”
  • Korean: “타마울리파스주”
  • Ladino: “Tamaulipas”
  • Latin: “Tamaulipae”
  • Latin: “Tamaulipas”
  • Latvian: “Tamaulipasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tamaulipasas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tamaulipaso valstija”
  • Low German: “Tamaulipas”
  • Macedonian: “Тамаулипас”
  • Malagasy: “Tamaulipas”
  • Malay: “Tamaulipas”
  • Marathi: “तामौलिपास”
  • Mazanderani: “تامائولیپاس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tamaulipas Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tamaulipas (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tamaulipas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tamaulipas”
  • Norwegian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tamaulipas”
  • Ossetian: “Тамаулипас”
  • Pampanga: “Tamaulipas”
  • Persian: “تامائولیپاس”
  • Piemontese: “Tamaulipas”
  • Polish: “Tamaulipas”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Tamaulipas”
  • Portuguese: “Tamaulipas”
  • Quechua: “Tamaulipas suyu”
  • Quechua: “Tamauwipas Sinchawka”
  • Romanian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Romansh: “Tamaulipas”
  • Russian: “Тамаулипас”
  • Sardinian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Scots: “Tamaulipas”
  • Serbian: “Estado de Tamaulipas”
  • Serbian: “Држава Тамаулипас”
  • Serbian: “Тамаулипас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Sinhala: “ටමෞලිපාස් ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Sinhala: “ටමෞලිපාස්”
  • Slovak: “Tamaulipas”
  • Slovenian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Tamaulipas”
  • Spanish: “La Poderosa”
  • Spanish: “Tamaulipas”
  • Spanish: “Tamaulipeca”
  • Spanish: “Tamaulipeco”
  • Spanish: “Tamps”
  • Swahili: “Tamaulipas”
  • Swedish: “Tamaulipas”
  • Tagalog: “Tamaulipas”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Тамаулипас”
  • Tamil: “தமௌலிபாஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Тамаулипас”
  • Telugu: “టామాలిపాస్”
  • Thai: “รัฐตาเมาลิปัส”
  • Thai: “รัฐตาเมาลีปัส”
  • Tumbuka: “Tamaulipas”
  • Turkish: “Tamaulipas”
  • Ukrainian: “Тамауліпас”
  • Urdu: “تاماولیپاس”
  • Uzbek: “Tamaulipas”
  • Venetian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Vietnamese: “Tamaulipas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Tamaulipas”
  • Welsh: “Tamaulipas”
  • Western Frisian: “Tamaulipas”
  • Western Panjabi: “ٹامولیپاس”
  • Wu Chinese: “塔毛利帕斯州”
  • Yue Chinese: “塔毛利帕斯州”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlahtohkayotl tlen Tamaolipan”
  • “Mahkawtok Tlatilantli tlen Tamaolipan”
  • “Tamaolipan”
  • “Tamaolipan Tlahtohkayotl”
  • “Tamaolipan Tlatilantli”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Tamaulipas”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.